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𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘
𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆

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"Hold on, why does she get to tickle?" JJ complained once Pope chose Kiara to be the 'tickler'. The sky had fallen and it was now night time, where they would start phase two of the plan. Kyla wasn't sure if it was a good idea or not, but they had limited options.

"'Cause she's the best tickler," Pope answered.

"Should I, like, do an accent?" Kiara asked slowly.

"Definitely disguise your voice," Pope told her.

"Disguise my voice, how? Like how would you like me to talk? Like this?" Kiara asked in a fake British accent, making Kyla laugh at how ridiculous she sounded.

"Not like that," JJ said, shaking his head.

"Not like that, no. Batman," Pope suggested.

"Batman," Kiara said in a deep voice that actually didn't sound too bad.

"There you go."

"Spot-on. Let's do it," JJ said.

"You could play Batman in the next reboot they make," Kyla added with a smile, making JJ laugh at the joke.

Kiara then blocked her phone number before she called the number they found. Gavin picked up after almost the third ring. "Hello?"

"Hello," Kiara answered in deep voice before she looked up at them. "I can't," she whispered, shaking her head.

"Just talk," Pope urged.

"Hello?" Gavin repeated.

Kiara cleared her throat before she asked, "Is Gavin there?"

"This is Gavin. Who's this? Hello?"

"I know what happened on the tarmac."

Gavin let out a nervous laugh. "Um...who's this?"

"It was Rafe Cameron. But you already knew that, and you lied about it."

"Okay. Wh — who is this?" he asked, noticeably getting concerned.

"We're gonna prove it. You're guilty."

"Okay, you're gonna tell me who this is right now."

"You could have saved her, Gavin, and you didn't," Kiara guilt tripped. "And you're not getting away with this."

"Listen to me! Who is this?" he questioned loudly.

Kiara then hung up the phone and asked, "How was that?"

"Yeah, I was scared. Good job," JJ told her.

"Yeah, you're really good at that," Kyla complimented her sister, but Kiara just shrugged.

"All right. We tickled the wire. Phase two complete. Now we wait and listen," Pope explained.

"Okay," Kiara said as she placed the phone down.

After a minute or two of waiting, they saw Gavin walking out of his house. "All right. Here he comes," Pope said before he shushed them. "Stay down."

The four of them leaned down once Gavin pulled his car out of the driveway, his lights flashing onto their car. Kyla and JJ both leaned down, the sides of their heads touching one another since there wasn't a lot of room in the back. Gavin then drove right past them, so they started getting up. "He didn't see us. He didn't see us. Hit it," JJ told Kiara.

"Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go," Pope said quickly before he tried pulling his seatbelt, which wasn't moving. "My seatbelt, my seatbelt," he groaned as he pulled harder.

"Are you seriously buckling up now?" JJ questioned in disbelief.

"Yes, I'm buckling up right now!" Pope replied.

"He's just being safe, guys!" Kyla exclaimed, leaning forward to try and help the boy

"You don't need it right now!" Kiara told him before she drove off, making Kyla fall back into her seat rather harshly.

"And that's exactly why you need a seatbelt," Kyla commented as she fixed a piece of hair that had fallen in front of her face.

Kiara rolled her eyes before she turned the car around and started following Gavin, not too close behind. "It's Ward. He's talking to Ward," Pope told them after a moment, listening in the AirPods.

"It's Ward!" JJ exclaimed under his breath as he held a hand up to his mouth.

"Are you serious?" Kiara asked as she drove behind Gavin.

"Yeah."

"What a scumbag," Kyla muttered, shaking her head. Even though she didn't tell the police the truth, it was actually because they wouldn't believe her. She was only seventeen years old and she had also been 'arrested' after hiding John B, so they wouldn't have believed anything she said anyway. But they would have trusted Gavin's word more, but of course, Ward just had to get to him first.

"Get clo...get closer. I can't hear," Pope told Kiara after a second.

"Okay."

"He's talking about negotiating something. Re — renegotiating," Pope explained once Kiara had drove closer to the car.

Kyla watched as Pope's eyes began to grow larger by the second in surprise. "What? What are they saying?" she quickly asked anxiously.

"Gavin's got the gun that Rafe used to kill Peterkin. He's got it," Pope told them and now it was Kyla's turn for her eyes to widen in complete shock.

"Holy shit," Kiara breathed out.

"Oh, shit," Pope said at the same time as Kiara. "I think he's trying to use it as extortion, as leverage."

"Leverage for what?" JJ asked quickly.

"Money," Pope told them and Kyla swallowed hard. It seemed like everything was about money and gold in this town.

"Wait. He's pulling over," Kiara pointed out once Gavin's car started to slow down at the side of the road.

"Shit. He's panicking," Pope said.

"Do I pull behind him? What do I do?" Kiara asked quickly in a panic.

"Just around the block, just go around the block," Pope and JJ both told her. "Yeah. Yeah, just go."

"Hurry," Kyla urged since she didn't want to make it seem like they were following him.

"We're gonna lose him!" Kiara said as she drove past him.

"Go, go, go!" JJ exclaimed as he pushed forward to place his elbows on the middle globe box.

"I'm going, I'm going!" Kiara assured him as she turned the corner.

"I can't hear anything. Shit! I'm losing it, I'm losing the signal. I can't — I can't hear him," Pope told them and Kyla mentally cursed.

"What the hell is this?" JJ questioned when they saw construction going on in front of them.

"Stop. Just stop and turn around now," Pope advised quickly.

"Okay!" Kiara said.

"Pull in here and back up," JJ told her.

"Okay, I'm just gonna back up," Kiara said before construction workers started to pull their trucks and supplies behind them. "Are you kidding?"

"Do they not see us here?" Kyla asked loudly before JJ got out of the car. "JJ, what—"

"Hey! Yo, we were about to back up! You literally had to do that now?" JJ called out to them.

"What are you doing?" Kyla heard Kiara question, so she looked over to see Pope run out of the car.

"Wait! Hey, Pope!" JJ yelled out and Kyla quickly followed JJ out of the car.

"We gotta know where they're meeting!" Pope shouted as he kept on running.

"We're going after him, right?" JJ asked both girls even though Kyla was already out of the car.

"Yep," the two sister's said at the same time.

"Okay."

"Hey, you can't leave that car there!" a construction worker shouted.

"Sorry!" Kyla yelled back as she began to run after Pope with the other two Pogues.

"Move it!"

"We'll get it later!" JJ assured them as they quickly ran in the backyard's of people's houses. "Pope!" JJ yelled out to try and find him.

"Go, go!" Kiara urged as they continued to run.

"I see him!" Kyla pointed out as he climbed a fence in front of them.

"Pope!" JJ yelled again, but Pope hopped the fence, ignoring his call.

"Oh, my God!" Kiara breathed out as they ran over to the fence.

"Ladies first!" JJ said before Kyla quickly hopped the fence followed by Kiara, and then JJ. They ran into this random person's backyard where some people their age were swimming in the pool. "Sean! Ah, this is where you live, you Kook!" JJ said as they ran past them.

"Focus, JJ!" Kyla shouted at him.

"Right, sorry!" JJ apologized as they continued to run over to where Pope was crouched behind a bush.

Once they reached him, he started to stand up with wide eyes. "What? What does that mean? What does that mean?" Kiara quickly asked him as Kyla tried to catch her breath from all the running.

"Did you hear somethin'?" JJ questioned.

"He's — He's meeting Ward right now. We gotta go," Pope told them. "Come on, come on!" he said before they all started running back to the car.

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The four of them peered over a wooden fence as it rained. Pope pointed this old video camera at Gavin's car, which was parked on the street beside a building that was getting redone.

"Nice camera. Where'd you dig up that relic? Why don't you just use your phone?" JJ questioned.

"Well, first of all, I like my antique electronics. Second of all, this is a telephoto. It allows me to get a close image from far away," Pope explained. Kyla thought it was a good idea because even though phones could zoom in, the images weren't as clear.

"Lord of the dorks," Kiara said, shaking her head at him.

"For definitive proof of witness payoff, we're gonna need quality glass," Pope told them.

"How many detective movies have you watched?" Kyla asked, her eyebrows raised.

"A few," Pope answered nonchalantly before he looked forward and quickly said, "There he is." Kyla looked forward to see Ward jogging towards the building.

"Yo, get down!" JJ whisper-shouted and they all ducked down while Pope kept the telephoto pointed towards the street.

"And there's Gavin," Pope said as Gavin got out of his car and started following Ward towards the building in the rain. Kyla slowly stood back up, looking over the fence to see the men. "Where are you going, you son of a bitch? No, no, no, no! I'm losing him!" he exclaimed once the two men entered the building. "Shit! Where's he going?"

"Hold on," JJ said as he walked away from the fence and went back towards the ally they were in. He then whistled to them, making them all look back at him. "Yo! Hey! I found something. Come here," JJ told them as he waved his hand to get them to follow him. The teens quickly followed JJ to where he was jogging to. "Gotta go up top!" he said, pointing to the ladder that was attached to the building across from the one Ward and Gavin were in.

Kyla quickly followed JJ up the ladder. "That'll work," Pope said as he climbed up behind Kiara, who was behind Kyla.

"Hurry. Don't wanna miss anything!" Kiara urged before they all made it up to the top of the building. They then leaned down next to each other and Pope propped the telephoto up on the ledge, pointing at the other building.

"You rolling, Pope?" JJ asked.

"Are you getting it?" Kiara said.

"Do you see them at all?" Kyla questioned, squinting since it was hard to see anything in the rain. Even though she was right next to Pope on his left, it was still hard to see inside the building because of the rain and mist.

"Yeah. Yeah, I see them," Pope confirmed. He looked through the telephoto for a few seconds before he told them, "Ward just handed Gavin something. I think it's a duffel bag."

"Duffel bag?" Kyla repeated in confusion.

"Guys, I think this is a payoff," JJ realized and Kyla's mouth parted. Ward was going to pay him even more money to keep quiet. She wanted to say she couldn't believe it, but in all honesty, she did.

"Gavin doesn't look happy about something. It looks like he's yelling at Ward," Pope said.

"Why?" Kiara asked.

"I don't know, but he sure looks mad," Pope replied. Kyla squinted again and she saw Ward and Gavin a little better, but they seemed to be pushing against each other. "Shit!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," JJ said, moving his head closer to Kyla's to get a better look since he was on her left.

"What's going on?" Kiara quickly asked.

"I-I dunno. They're fighting over something," Pope told them.

"Do you think it's about the money?" Kyla questioned, but Pope just shrugged as he continued rolling.

"They're going at it," JJ pointed out as the men continued to fight.

Kyla's nose scrunched up as she watched them fight since it looked like it hurt. "Ward's kicking the shit out of Gavin," Pope told them.

"What are they fighting over?" JJ thought out loud.

"I don't know," Pope answered.

"What's going on?" Kiara asked again.

"I'm trying to see," Pope told her.

"Well, s-see harder!" Kyla exclaimed, making all the teens give her a weird look out of the corner of their eyes. "Sorry, I'm freaking out here!" she apologized in a high voice, and JJ placed a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. She just really didn't want more people getting hurt because of Ward.

"Holy shit. Ward's got a gun," Pope said in shock and Kyla's eyes widened.

"I bet that's the murder weapon," Kiara said shakily.

The four teens continued to watch the interaction, holding their breaths. Even though Gavin wasn't doing the right thing, she didn't want Ward to shoot him. He's killed one too many people, and who knew if he had killed others. Kyla then released a shaky breath once she saw that Ward started to walk away from Gavin. Her relief didn't last for long, though, once she saw Ward spin around and shoot Gavin twice.

They all gasped and Kyla quickly looked away, crouching behind the ledge as she processed what had just happened. "Oh, my God. Oh, my God," Pope breathed out in shock.

"What the hell?" JJ questioned as they all hid behind the ledge.

Kyla placed a hand on her chest, breathing heavily because of what she just witnessed. It was like Rafe shooting Peterkin all over again, but this time it was Ward with Gavin. She tried to get that image out of her mind, but now, when almost the same thing happened, she started to panic.

"No, no, no, no. That did not just happen. What is going on?" Kiara cried out.

"Tell me you just got that," JJ said as Pope got back up and pointed the telephoto back at the building.

"Enough to put this asshole away for life," Pope responded, but Kyla stayed crouched behind the ledge since she didn't want to see anymore.

"Hey, hey, you good?" JJ quickly whispered, noticing the girl's silent panic. She looked over at him, giving him a look of disbelief. "Right, that was a stupid question to ask. Just — just take deep breaths, all right? I don't need you passing out on me," he repeated from what Kyla had said the other day. Kyla nodded slowly, taking her hand away from her chest as she tried to take steadier breaths. "Good job," JJ said and she nodded again before he turned away from her, trying to peak over the ledge.

"This is freaking crazy," Pope pointed out, and JJ and Kiara started to get up to see what he was talking about. Kyla didn't want to just in case she saw a dead Gavin, which would make her freak out even more. "Oh no. Get down. Get down!" Pope told them and they quickly crouched down again. "Holy shit."

"I think we should go right now," JJ said.

"I agree," Kyla added breathlessly with a nod.

"Pope, you have enough, right?" JJ asked.

"Yeah." Kyla quickly wiped her wet face since the water was getting into her eyes. She honestly didn't know if her face was wet from the rain or tears, or even both at this point. "Hold on. He's coming out," Pope told them after a moment. "There he goes. I think he's looking for the gun."

"I thought he had the gun in his hand," Kyla said breathlessly in puzzlement.

"He dropped it, and the water took it away, I think," Pope explained and Kyla nodded, still not looking over the ledge. "I think the gun just went down the drain! He's looking for it."

"I can't tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing," Kyla said because now Ward wouldn't have the gun to hide, but now they wouldn't have the gun to show to the police.

"Definitely bad," JJ told her.

"Hey. He's looking for the gun."

"Hold this," Kiara said to no one in particular as she started to start up.

"What are you doing, Kie?" JJ asked, his eyes going wide. "Kie—"

"What is wrong with you? Murderer!" Kiara yelled over at Ward, making Kyla look up at her sister in shock. She was going to get them all noticed!

JJ quickly placed a hand over her mouth and told her, "Get down, get down!" Kiara continued to yell into JJ's hand, but he was muffling her shouts.

"Kiara. Are you crazy?" Pope questioned as they all ducked down.

"What are you doing?" JJ asked.

"He could have heard you, Kiara!" Kyla scolded.

"I don't care if he hears me. He's a murderer," Kiara argued, but Kyla didn't think that that was a good excuse to possibly reveal their position to Ward.

"Yeah, and he's gonna murder us, Kie," JJ told her.

"Don't say that!" Kyla said since she didn't want it to actually happen.

"Guys, he sees us," Pope told them in a panicked tone.

"Are you serious?" JJ questioned and Kyla quickly scrambled up from her crouch in a panic.

"Come on. We gotta go. He's coming!" Pope told them.

"We gotta get the hell out of here!" JJ said and the four of them quickly ran over to the ladder. Kyla went down first, being careful not to slip. "Come on! Come on! Guys, hurry!"

"I'm going! I'm going!" Pope yelled, who was climbing down after Kyla.

Kyla then stepped down on the wet ground, waiting for Pope to do the same before JJ yelled, "Ah, my hand!" He then slipped off the ladder, kicking Pope in the face before the both of them fell to the ground.

"Oh, my God!" Kyla gasped, quickly going over to them to help them up.

"Sorry! So sorry!" Kiara said as she climbed down the ladder, jumping off to the ground to get down faster.

Kyla quickly grabbed JJ's wet hand and helped him up from the ground before the two looked over to see Pope, holding the now broken telephoto in his hand. "No, no, no, no, no," Pope repeated.

"Are you kidding me? You fumbled it?" JJ questioned angrily.

"You kicked me in the face!" Pope argued, standing up as he tried to fix the telephoto.

"She stepped on my hand!" JJ bit back, pointing at Kiara.

"I was trying to hurry!" Kiara shouted.

"Guys. Guys, he's coming!" Kyla told them to get their focus back, and the four of them quickly ran over and hopped the fence. They then ran all the way over to the car, hopping inside to hide.

Once they had got in, they all took the time to catch their breaths from all the running they had just did. "Could someone fill me in on what the frick just happened?" JJ yelled once he had caught his breath, making Kyla jump slightly. Pope let out an angry groan, holding his hands up in the air. "Holy crap. I can't believe it. Wait, wait. What were they fighting over?"

"Uh...it was...it was the gun, the one Rafe used. He must have kept it," Pope explained and Kyla let in a shaky breath.

"Of course! Of course! The murder weapon!" JJ exclaimed.

"Pick up, pick up, pick up," Kiara cried as she held her phone in her hand.

"Who are you calling?" JJ asked.

"Who do you think?" Kiara replied.

"The cops?" Pope asked in shock.

"Who else am I supposed to call?"

"Why would you call the police? That's Ward!" JJ yelled before they all began yelling at one another.

"Everyone, shut up!" Kyla finally spoke up once she heard the police answer the phone. JJ gave her a wild look, but she just shook her head at him, tired of all of the bullshit.

"Hello? Hi, somebody's been shot at the — at the Grand Street construction site! You guys need to hurry because he's dying! And I-I don't know if he's already dead or not! But you guys need to hurry!" Kiara yelled over the man's questions on the phone before she hung up the phone.

"Guys, we gotta get out of here. We're sitting ducks!" JJ pointed out.

"We can't stay here," Pope told Kiara, who was in the driver's seat.

"What do you want me to do?" Kiara cried.

"Just drive!" Pope told her and she quickly drove away.

Ahhh sorry this chapter was so long. The next chapter is gonna be longer than this one, so sorry in advance for that.

But I forgot to say that we are finally on season 2!!! So excited cause I loved season 2 so much and I know writing it is gonna be so fun.

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